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    XXXVIII—THE RISE & PROGRESS OF TELEGRAPH...

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    The next electric telegraph in order of ...

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    The keepers of Cape Wrath lighthouse have comfortable lodging' ;¦ a ood houseood roomsstablingcow shedspoultry yardall

    g , g , , , , within the solid walls ; a miniature farm , in fact , upon whose produceanimal and veetablethey and their families are to a

    consi-, g , derable extent dependent ; for eleven miles of land and two of sea lie between them and other human habitationssave the scattered

    , together " bothies in " among the wild the winter hills and time moun communication tains , and for is difficult ys and , weeks if not

    altogether standin Grand u and impossible on impressive the . are of the the scenes terrific at Cap reci e Wrath icered ; whether _xanite g

    rocks in g sheer p steep declivi ge ties or in solid p isolated p g , randeur meet the eye , while flocks of sea birds in _tJieir impregnable fortresses

    mew and chatter , regardless of the puny presence of human beings , mere gazing spots fro or the flecks tower amidst over miles the stupendous and miles of scenery heaving around ocean , — the or ,

    m , eye traces in the far distance the tall Hoyhead of Orkney to the east , the distant Butt of Lewis to the west ; ranging on a clear day over

    a distance of _£ fty miles , where - in stormy weather 11 The blinding mist com . es pouring down , "

    hiding breakers and rocks and beacon light as the doomed ship reels to its destruction , and the solitary warders of the lighthouse ,

    impotent to save , can only echo the closing line of that touching song , — " Tlxe sooner its over the sooner to sleep . "

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    256 THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF TELEGRAPHS .

    Xxxviii—The Rise & Progress Of Telegraph...

    XXXVIII—THE RISE & PROGRESS OF TELEGRAPHS . ( Continued from page 202 . )

    The Next Electric Telegraph In Order Of ...

    The next electric telegraph in order of date is that of Mr . Francis

    Ronalds , who in 1816 constructed one by which he was enabled to send signals with considerable rapidity through a distance of eight

    miles of insulated wire . In 1823 , Mr . Ronalds wrote to the Lords of the Admiralty ,

    requesting an inspection of his electric telegraph , strongly recommending its adoption for government purposes ; butalas ! the experiments

    , of the philosopher were offered all in vain to that highly respectable body of intelligent men , and with its usual procrastination and

    eupineness the English government could not be induced even to

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1859, page 256, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121859/page/40/